Word: knocker
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Louis, who appeared on the first show. Mutual hopes to induce someone like sports-loving Gillette Safety Razor Co. to sponsor the show. Of his new venture, Red Dolan says: "It may be loused up with a little corn, but I don't think every apple-knocker in the country will be able to tip the plot after one installment...
Defense. Apple-Knocker Byrd's crack about "juggling" the books seemed a good crack to some people, even if his worries about the dim future seemed pretty dim. One worm Byrd pounced on: throughout normal peacetime years, Army & Navy were doled out about $700,000,000 annually. These normal expenditures were this year transferred to emergency defense by Mr. Roosevelt...